Researches at Sinuiju Vegetable Science Research Center

Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The Sinuiju Vegetable Science Research Center is conducting researches to put greenhouse vegetable production on a scientific basis.

A fruit vegetable breeding research room is directing efforts to the research into new varieties of fruit vegetables which are suited to the climatic conditions of our country and of great economic value.

A hydroponics laboratory is making progress in establishing a system for recovering and reusing nutrient solution while intensifying research into reducing the cost of production by using locally available raw materials as cultivation substrates.

A bioengineering research room laid a foundation for introducing scientific and technological achievements for the production of strawberry virus-free tissue culture seedlings, and a vegetable protection research room made a contribution to increasing the production of greenhouse vegetables by making research findings for breeding Encarsia formosa.

A research room for new technology introduction replaced the corn cobs used for mushroom substrate production with reed by-products, thus providing a guarantee for revitalizing mushroom production at low cost. -0-